Palace Theater
1603 Unionport Road,
Bronx,
NY
10462
1603 Unionport Road,
Bronx,
NY
10462
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The Palace Theater was the northernmost theater within the Parkchester complex, with the Circle Theater on the southern end and the American Theater near the middle of the complex.
I believe the theater operated as a twin, and then was converted to a quad in the mid-1980’s. The theater closed in the early-1990’s and is now a furniture store.
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I believe the address should be:
1603 Unionport Rd
Bronx, NY 10462
A c/o was issued to a building at 1603 Unionport Rd in May of 1985 for a four screen motion picture theater. Seating was:
Theater#1-279
Theater#2-305
Theater#3-182
Theater#4-175
Total seats-941
There are many details of the theater still visible in the furniture store. The poster cases and neat deco framing are still there, along with the box office. In fact the lobby is mostly intact except for the concession stand. In the auditorium, they’ve de-quadded the place. You can see the scars on the ceiling and walls from the removal of the dividing walls. The angel wing decorations above the exits on either side of the stage area are still there, along with the projectiopn booth. The back of the house is arranged in stadium-style, and there is furniture set up for display on the risers. Definitely worth a trip!
The furniture store is called:
Furniture World
1603 Unionport Rd
Bronx, NY 10462
(718) 931-4577
This is a small photo of the Palace Theater.
Here is the same photo in color.
John and Drew Eberson designed a Palace Theatre and Commercial building for Park Center Realty Corp somewhere between 1946 and 1949.This is very likely the one.
The Palace’s stadium-style auditorium is featured in this 1950 trade ad honoring Eberson & Son: boxofficemagazine